America's police are looking more and more like the military?!!

[signalmankenneth]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/07/militarization-local-police-america

 

[canceled.2021.1]

You voted for it why are you complaining?

Remember when your boy said this?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gwaAVJITx1Y&desktop_uri=/watch?v=gwaAVJITx1Y

You are getting what you voted for. Why ya complaining?

 

[The Dude]

The Gestapo riechwingers still have the power. Sadly

 

[/MSG/]

You voted for it.

 

[The Dude]

You voted for it.

Not me billy gun nutter

 

[canceled.2021.1]

The Gestapo riechwingers still have the power. Sadly

You didn't vote for Obama?

He said he wanted to build a civilian police force as powerful as the military. What do you think he meant?

 

[anatta]

ridiculous, what the heck IS that thing?? I missed the part about the US being a combat theater

 

[anatta]

Tanks, grenade launchers, armored vehicles, and assault rifles are just a few of the items that have been transferred from military control to municipal police forces. Law enforcement agencies need only to arrange and pay for shipment in order to receive the items of their choice (pdf). One particularly egregious example is found in South Carolina, where Richland County's sheriff acquired a tank with 360-degree rotating machine gun turrets. Sardonically, the vehicle has been named "the Peacemaker

The NDAA , should have known.

 

[Lorca]

ridiculous, what the heck IS that thing?? I missed the part about the US being a combat theater

And if domestic or foreign terrorists take over a mall here and your family is in there?

 

[canceled.2021.1]

And if domestic or foreign terrorists take over a mall here and your family is in there?

We don't shop at malls. Don't care

 

[/MSG/]

And if domestic or foreign terrorists take over a mall here and your family is in there?

Uh huh. And they can't call the national guard?

Fuck cops, they shouldn't even have guns.

 

[Steelplate]

Uh huh. And they can't call the national guard?

Fuck cops, they shouldn't even have guns.

Then neither should you.

 

[anatta]

And if domestic or foreign terrorists take over a mall here and your family is in there?

with all due respect; read the article-
the sheer amout of military weapons unaccounted for, or just piled up, is in itself problematic.
Some are just re-sold without background checks..see the problem?

LOOK at the OP pic - it's some kind of MINE SWEEPER - do we need that for terrorists??

 

[Phantasmal]

And if domestic or foreign terrorists take over a mall here and your family is in there?

Isn't that the purpose of the national guard?

 

[/MSG/]

Then neither should you.

Well, I don't have systemic protection allowing me to murder with impunity likes cops do. But I was being hyperbolic in any event. Also, I'm not a bad person; cops are.

 

[/MSG/]

with all due respect; read the article-
the sheer amout of military weapons unaccounted for, or just piled up, is in itself problematic.
Some are just re-sold without background checks..see the problem?

LOOK at the OP pic - it's some kind of MINE SWEEPER - do we need that for terrorists??

When everyone is a 'potential terrorist' I guess so.

 

[Anti-Party]

We don't shop at malls. Don't care

You realize you just admitted you are a Domestic Terrorist, (R)ight?

 

[Lorca]

Uh huh. And they can't call the national guard?

Fuck cops, they shouldn't even have guns.

What's the response time for the national guard? And I wasnt aware they had units for handling terrorism or hostage situations.

 

[Lorca]

with all due respect; read the article-
the sheer amout of military weapons unaccounted for, or just piled up, is in itself problematic.
Some are just re-sold without background checks..see the problem?

LOOK at the OP pic - it's some kind of MINE SWEEPER - do we need that for terrorists??

Yes but that's not the point you chose to comment on. Or at least my interpretation which was related to the thread title.

 

[Lorca]

Isn't that the purpose of the national guard?

Not that I know of. I thought they were mostly support and mop up...not pro-active and specially trained for active engagements. They do have a few specialized units...but where are they located? Close enough to respond to local conflicts? (the specialized units)